Long life and calculus

[davewitley]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., Andrew MacIan <andrew_macian at y...> wrote:
> 
> Reflecting that, after having flatlined in Nam, things
> have been easy by comparison;
> 
> Reflecting that, after having given a lecture on
> calculus that is so watered down that my old student
> house's refectory soup would resemble track lube by
> comaprison, that my non-majors students might just be
> on the edge of grasping a couple of things;
> 
> Reflecting that, on balance, I really don't understand
> the point of your question.
> 
Point? This is OT-Chatter!

I just thought that there might be an interesting story behind 
the 'surprisingly long life'.

I am an old cynic, so I also think that when people dangle phrases 
like that, they are itching to give the story behind them.

I am an obliging wide-eyed person who is curious in every sense of 
the word, so I like to give people the satisfaction.

But, if your life is in fact boring, please accept my apologies for 
maligning it.

David

PS I remember that 'given epsilon > 0, we can find a delta > 0 such 
that...' stuff too.  I even think it's interesting.